Bentley

Boy · BENT-lee · English

Bentley is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “clearing with bent grass”. In 2025 it ranked 936th for boys in the UK (36 babies) and 215th for boys in the US (1,649 babies).

What does Bentley mean?

English: place name and surname

“clearing with bent grass”

From English places named Bentley; the car maker was founded by W.O. Bentley in 1919.

Say it: BENT-lee

Is Bentley a girl's or a boy's name?

Bentley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 boys in the UK and 146 girls and 1,649 boys in the US.

How popular is Bentley in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #936among boys
Babies in 2025: 36about 1 in 8,300 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 52% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were named Bentley, making it the 936th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 585th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 189 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Bentley than any year since 2009.

Half of all the boys named Bentley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 934th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 189 in 20132025

Bentley in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	36	#936
2024	50	#757
2023	41	#860
2022	56	#691
2021	62	#654
2020	70	#585
2019	94	#476
2018	101	#456
2017	136	#383
2016	150	#352
2015	155	#340
2014	167	#309
2013	189	#280
2012	186	#283
2011	166	#309
2010	52	#679
2009	16	#1,507
2008	19	#1,334
2007	18	#1,343
2006	4	#3,522
2005	8	#2,090
2004	11	#1,583
2003	6	#2,283
2002	4	#2,751
2001	4	#2,714
2000	7	#1,775
1999	5	#2,184
1998	8	#1,569
1997	5	#2,109
1996	3	#2,949

How popular is Bentley in the US?

Rank in 2025: #215among boys
Babies in 2025: 1,649about 1 in 1,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 40% in five years
Same name in a class: 1.3%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,649 boys in the US were named Bentley, making it the 215th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 141st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 5,895 boys. It first appears in the records in 1890. 146 girls were also named Bentley in 2025 (1,467th for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 13 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Bentley than any year since 2009.

Half of all the boys named Bentley in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,768 boys in the US were given Bentley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #224.

Bentley 1,649
Bentlee 94
Bently 19
Bentleigh 6

In 2025, 8% of the babies named Bentley in the US were girls.

1890Busiest: 5,895 in 20122025

Bentley in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	1,649	#215
2024	1,782	#201
2023	1,922	#186
2022	2,197	#172
2021	2,522	#150
2020	2,590	#141
2019	2,983	#130
2018	3,279	#121
2017	3,841	#101
2016	4,073	#100
2015	4,342	#92
2014	4,785	#89
2013	5,395	#81
2012	5,895	#75
2011	5,587	#75
2010	3,776	#100
2009	522	#514
2008	217	#936
2007	195	#996
2006	170	#1,054
2005	130	#1,215
2004	101	#1,402
2003	81	#1,558
2002	70	#1,679
2001	74	#1,596
2000	39	#2,421
1999	43	#2,159
1998	31	#2,648
1997	34	#2,393
1996	27	#2,742
1995	30	#2,495
1994	27	#2,680
1993	26	#2,691
1992	24	#2,828
1991	26	#2,600
1990	26	#2,548
1989	34	#2,062
1988	31	#2,030
1987	27	#2,165
1986	26	#2,159
1985	32	#1,833
1984	18	#2,612
1983	20	#2,407
1982	29	#1,889
1981	18	#2,568
1980	22	#2,284
1979	23	#2,156
1978	21	#2,205
1977	16	#2,664
1976	22	#2,112
1975	11	#3,244
1974	18	#2,275
1973	16	#2,403
1972	17	#2,243
1971	20	#2,051
1970	25	#1,742
1969	24	#1,679
1968	21	#1,730
1967	27	#1,475
1966	32	#1,344
1965	29	#1,428
1964	50	#1,070
1963	42	#1,194
1962	67	#925
1961	65	#949
1960	44	#1,177
1959	46	#1,140
1958	41	#1,203
1957	10	#2,629
1956	18	#1,885
1955	13	#2,218
1954	16	#1,955
1953	15	#2,037
1952	17	#1,855
1951	9	#2,660
1950	10	#2,437
1949	7	#3,018
1948	14	#2,026
1947	16	#1,915
1946	16	#1,812
1945	9	#2,392
1944	14	#1,889
1943	10	#2,404
1942	19	#1,629
1941	20	#1,532
1940	14	#1,894
1939	10	#2,288
1938	9	#2,479
1937	8	#2,680
1936	13	#1,964
1935	11	#2,246
1934	10	#2,393
1933	14	#1,905
1932	10	#2,465
1931	8	#2,863
1930	15	#1,964
1929	13	#2,198
1928	7	#3,355
1927	17	#1,959
1926	18	#1,846
1925	16	#2,011
1924	16	#2,043
1923	12	#2,445
1922	13	#2,346
1921	15	#2,151
1920	11	#2,601
1919	14	#2,151
1918	14	#2,164
1917	14	#2,090
1916	15	#1,948
1915	6	#3,391
1914	5	#3,263
1913	6	#2,495
1912	0	–
1911	9	#1,189
1910	0	–
1909	0	–
1908	0	–
1907	0	–
1906	0	–
1905	0	–
1904	0	–
1903	0	–
1902	0	–
1901	0	–
1900	0	–
1899	0	–
1898	0	–
1897	0	–
1896	0	–
1895	0	–
1894	0	–
1893	0	–
1892	0	–
1891	0	–
1890	6	#884

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Other spellings of Bentley

Bentlee Bently Bentleigh

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